A Cup Of Tea




This is the cup of tea I drank this afternoon. Those flower-like things are white chrysanthemums and the little red fruits are Chinese wolfberries. Both kinds of herbs are good for the circulatory system and are edible.

The Chinese wolfberry is a traditonal herbal medicine for the kidney well-being. As a young man, I know full well the importance of having a healthy pair of kidneys. According to the philosophy of traditional Chinese medicine, they are the core to your future fertility, which is an inseperable part of your family happiness. Sterility is still considered by many to be a huge family misforturn here. Such a convention doesn't actually fit into my belief system; but the old... sigh.

We were watching a science programme over dinner. The programme was about how myriads of vitamins take effect on human body and whether extra vitamin intake, especially excessive intake for example vitamin supplements, would do good to our health. Here are what I learned from it:

1) Extra intake of Vitamin C does not help prevent cold;
2) Vitamin E as a fat-soluble substance must be taken with certain amount of fat to be able to take effect.
2) Excessive intake of Vitamin A could result in some diseases as serious as osteoporoses(bone loss) or liver malfunction.

But all VA, VC, VE are antioxidants that limit damages of free radicals which is a cause of many diseases such as cancer.

I believe that both inadequate and excessive intake of these esential substances may cause problems. The ideal health condition is always found in dynamic balance.

I will keep my tea-drinking up.
19.3.06 15:05
 


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